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Joe is involved in local politics and in the local gay community. He is vice president of Alabama Stonewall Democrats and is appointed to Bessemer’s Public Building Authority. He writes an opinion column for Bessemer’s Western Tribune, blogs at Bessemer Opinions, and can be reached at metrocat10@aol.com.


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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Today is International Transgender Day of Remembrance. There are vigils and events going on right now across the country, and around the world. If...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009 · 1 comment
One in 4000 babies born in Britain (and presumably in the U.S.) each year come into the world looking so different that doctors cannot immediately...
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 · 3 comments
Members of the transgender community often feel they are being slighted by the gay community. A recent example here in Alabama involved the state...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 · 1 comment
This is in response to a recent article on this site that said Sodom was destroyed because of homosexuality. We hear this from the pulpit, and from...
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Monday, November 16th, 2009 · 1 comment
To anyone familiar with Alabama politics or just Alabama in general this should come as no surprise. Most of the Republican candidates for governor...
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009 · 34 comments
Ten year old Arkansas fifth grader Will Phillips refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance until legal equality for the nation's GLBT citizens is...
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 · 1 comment
Alabama state representative DuWayne Bridges has now pre-filed a bill that would prevent a public college or university from offering domestic partner...
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
The American Medical Association has voted to join in the effort to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and also adopted a measure that...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 · 47 comments
Update: the school has reconsidered, and will allow the lesbian couple to attend. (also I corrected my misspelling) School officials have told 17...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009 · 1 comment
Approximately fifty people lined Metropolitan Way on Saturday morning to greet those who were arriving for Focus on the Family’s and Exodus...
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